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Supply chain lessons from the catastrophic natural disaster in Japan

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  • Park, YoungWon
  • Hong, Paul
  • Roh, James Jungbae

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While supply chain management has been approached from a variety of perspectives, the role of the global supply chain as a mechanism to overcome severe supply chain disruptions has not been explored adequately. This article discusses the ways in which Japanese manufacturing firms have responded to the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. Based on case studies of Japanese manufacturing firms, this article presents a discussion of the supply chain restoration process after severe natural disasters and humanitarian disruptions, and reflects on supply chain lessons in terms of disaster planning and recovery responses. The critical capabilities of supply chain information design, portability, and dispersion are discussed.

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  • Park, YoungWon & Hong, Paul & Roh, James Jungbae, 2013. "Supply chain lessons from the catastrophic natural disaster in Japan," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 56(1), pages 75-85.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:bushor:v:56:y:2013:i:1:p:75-85
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2012.09.008
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